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Showing posts with label Pentagon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pentagon. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Pope, Pentagon, and Imperial Impiety

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So much chaos erupted on multiple fronts with the Trump Administration in the last 10 days that it’s easy to lose sight of the astonishing F...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

This Day in Irish-American History (James Forrestal, Self-Made Man and Cabinet Casualty, Born)

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Feb. 15, 1892— James Forrestal , who earned riches on Wall Street and acclaim as one of the architects of the national security state b...
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Friday, June 19, 2015

Quote of the Day (Jeff Goodell, on Climate Change as National-Security Threat)

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“Nearly every naval and Air Force base on the East Coast is vulnerable to sea-level rise and storm surges, including Eglin Air Force Ba...
Saturday, November 17, 2012

Quote of the Day (David Remnick, on the Pentagon and Climate Change)

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“In 2010, the Pentagon declared, in its Quadrennial Defense Review, that changes in the global climate are increasing the frequency and...
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